New 'cutting-edge' McDonald's offers table service and 'floating glass garden'

New 'cutting-edge' McDonald's offers table service and 'floating glass garden'

The fast food mega-chain has announced plans for a futuristic new restaurant made of glass and steel with floating apple trees that are planned to stick out of the restaurant�s roof, according to a press release.

The palatial 19,000 square foot restaurant will feature both touchscreen kiosks � which are popping up in several McDonald�s across the country � as well as table service where employees will carry food out to customers.

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The company is hoping its shiny new design tucked into a plaza surrounded by 70 trees will win big with millennials and younger audiences.

The building, which is set to open this spring in Chicago in place of a previous rock n� roll-themed McDonalds, will be LEED certified and feature on-site solar panels to collect energy. The hamburger joint has also said the kitchen will use low-oil fryers and an energy-efficient HVAC unit.

But the new �Experience the Future� campaign doesn�t stop at eco-friendly fryers and a glass structure. The new eatery will also have a �floating glass garden� with ferns and white birch trees above the ordering area, and a living wall, Chicago Tribune reported.

While the McDonald�s presence may seem different, McDonald�s franchise owner Nick Karavites says it�s (mostly) still the same old favorite.

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�There�s a lot of pride being part of something so cutting-edge. � At the end of day, we�re still a business selling hamburgers and french fries and milkshakes and we want to sell as many as we can,� said Karavites to the Chicago Tribune, whose family�s franchise group owns 24 McDonald�s restaurants in the Chicago area.

For those who don�t want to dine in under the 27-foot ceilings, the restaurant has been designed to work better with mobile ordering and curbside pickups.

Though there will be fewer parking spaces as a way to entice people to bike or walk to the restaurant.